Thursday, May 08, 2008

There have been countless debates throughout the years about who was the best boxer of all time. I have been in many of these debates with my friends. I have my opinion they have theirs. To me Ali was and is the greatest fighter i have ever watched. Being a former athlete and coach, i think i can speak with just a little bit of authority here. Ali's quickness with his feet and hands was unbelievable. I have watched some of his videos over and over. Some of the punches he threw i would watch in slow motion, otherwise i would miss seeing half of them. Watching his feet move was like watching the best ballet dancer in the world. In addition to his speed, I honestly don't think that there has been a smarter boxer in the ring than Ali. For these 3 reasons there is no doubt in my mind that Ali is the greatest boxer of all time.

A study of Ali's life can be found at Wikipedia, which i have included below. Also some reference links and YouTube videos of his career. Enjoy.

Gary, I am sure if you asked non boxing followers he would be the one mentioned as the first boser that comes to mind. Then of course the other notorious boxer, for other reeasons, would be Mike Tyson. Ali was just so pretty as he used to say. Lovely face, big mouth and knew how to work the media. But he had something to crow about. Very well researched article and I completely forgot about the whole Cassius Clay existence.